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Read our latest news and media releases to keep track of what's happening at DSTG.

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Dr Renée Webster’s analytical chemistry research is contributing to the safe and effective use of fuels by Defence.
News
28 May 2020

Defence scientist Dr Renée Webster has been awarded a prize for excellence by the National Measurement Institute (NMI) in recognition of her significant contribution to analytical chemistry.

News
27 May 2020

Up to $20,000 is available to budding AI specialists to apply themselves to an AI challenge.

Jim Grose (left), Managing Director of Axiom, and Ben Barona, from DST, examining the injection moulding die being used to produce face shield headbands.
News
19 May 2020

Defence has applied its unique engineering expertise to rapidly design and support the production of face shields to protect healthcare workers.

Media Release
14 May 2020

Defence and Gold Coast company Gilmour Space Technologies have joined forces to work together on space technologies under a new strategic agreement.

News
11 May 2020

Defence scientists are working with colleagues from industry and academia on a high-risk, high-payoff satellite communications (SATCOM) research venture.

Time-lapse footage of the simulated flare event.
News
6 May 2020

Imagine a high-powered, long-burning firecracker igniting in your face. That's the risk faced by ground support personnel when called to attend to an aircraft with an unspent flare.

Media Release
4 May 2020

The Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group has unveiled a new plan for collaborative mission-directed research to ensure Australia's forces maintain a capability edge.

News
4 May 2020

Minister for Defence, Senator The Hon Linda Reynolds CSC has launched a bold and ambitious new strategy for Defence science and technology.

Media Release
22 April 2020

Defence has joined forces with a family-owned South Australian company to rapidly produce face shields for frontline healthcare workers.

News
17 April 2020

In this innovative project, scientists are looking at what habituation to startling stressors can tell us about resilience.

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